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Studying Literature and Languages

You can study literature at university in English, or in another language, as part of a Modern Languages or an Oriental Studies degree. If you are interested in studying stories, poems, novels, myths, plays and the languages in which they are told, you might like to take a look at:

 

This poetry archive

These reading suggestions for students interested in studying modern languages

This list of articles from Aeon magazine about languages

Humeera's review of this book about medieval English poetry

This scroll-able timeline of English literary history

News podcasts in a number of different European languages where you can control the speed of speaking as you listen

A linguistics blog by students at Cambridge University

This animation of how words enter the Oxford English Dictionary

This website about contemporary Black and Asian British writing

These lectures on art and literature from Gresham College

Lectures on English literature by Oxford academics

These lectures on comparative lingustics by a Cambridge University tutor from MASSOLIT (note that MASSOLIT usually operate a subscription model but you can currently get free access via this link)

This radio programme about Shakespeare's history plays

These podcasts for improving your language fluency (or trying out a new language!)

This current affairs online magazine written in German for young people

These TED talks about English language and literature

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